Swann Galleries: The Artists of the WPA
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Artists of the WPA | Total Sales (USD) | 455,740.00 |
| Auction Date | February 04, 2021 - February 04, 2021 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 268,500.00 |
| Sale Number | #2557 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 404,050.00 |
| Total Lots | 236 | ||
| Sold Lots | 188 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 398,400.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 79.66% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 600,250.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 48 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 75.93% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54 | JOHN VACHON (1914-1975) | A select group of 38 vintage photographs. |
Circa1937-42. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 37,500.00 |
| 155 | REGINALD MARSH (1898-1954) | The Waterfront, New York. |
1943 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 181 | ARTHUR GETZ (1913-1998) | Untitled, (WPA Practice Piece). |
USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 10,625.00 | |
| 103 | NORMAN LEWIS (1909-1979) | Comrades. |
USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 | |
| 66 | GRANT WOOD (1891-1942) | Tree Planting Group. |
1937 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 43 | DOROTHEA LANGE (1895-1965) | Hoe Culture, Alabama Tenant Farmer near Anniston. |
1936 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 19 | DOROTHEA LANGE (1895-1965) | Migrant Mother. |
1936; circa 1970. | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 7,000.00 |
| 86 | BERENICE ABBOTT (1898-1991) | Manhattan Bridge (looking up). |
1936 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 7,000.00 |
| 91 | ABRAM TROMKA (1896-1954) | Third Avenue El. |
1941 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 7,000.00 |
| 172 | BENTON SPRUANCE (1904-1967) | The 30's-Windshield. |
1939 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 6,750.00 |
| 38 | THOMAS HART BENTON (1889-1975) | Loading Corn. |
1945 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 5,460.00 |
| 25 | PETER SEKAER (1901-1950) | Old Fashioned Kitchen on Virginia Farm. |
1936 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 5,250.00 |
| 163 | JOSEPH BINDER (1898-1972) | New York World's Fair. |
1939 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,250.00 |
| 26 | LEON BIBEL (1912-1995) | The Flood. |
c.1939 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
| 223 | CLAUDE CLARK (1915 - 2001) | Scribe of Jive (Jivin' Scribe). |
1941 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
| 144 | WILL BARNET (1911-2012) | Labor. |
1935 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,750.00 |
| 113 | BERENICE ABBOTT (1898-1991) | Minetta Street, #2, 4, 6, Manhattan. |
1935 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 4,500.00 |
| 180 | ARTHUR ARENT (1904-1972). | Complete working script and production notes for the Federal Theatre Project's "One-Third of a Nation." |
1938 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 4,500.00 |
| 70 | WALKER EVANS (1903-1975) | Houses near a steel mill (Bethlehem, PA). |
1935; | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 4,250.00 |
| 138 | LOUIS LOZOWICK (1893-1973) | Dead End. |
1941 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,250.00 |
| 142 | KYRA MARKHAM (1891-1967) | Lockout. |
1937 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 4,250.00 |
| 83 | SAMUEL MARGOLIES (1897-1974) | Storm Over City Hall. |
1936 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,000.00 |
| 106 | BEN SHAHN (1898-1969) | Scene in Smithland, Kentucky. |
1935 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 4,000.00 |
| 20 | ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN (1915-1985) | Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma. |
1936; 1960s. | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,900.00 |
| 153 | JACK LEVINE (1915-2010) | Man Standing in a Store Doorway. |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
